Subj : Windows Azure
To : Ed Vance
From : Sean Dennis
Date : Fri Jul 13 2018 09:09 pm
Hello Ed,
12 Jul 18 23:02 at you wrote to me:
EV> Even though I don't 'think' I have any MS Azure software on this XP
You never will. :)
EV> I began using the internet in 1996.
I started using it in 1983 when it was still ARPANET. I had this gigantic
UUCP email address that was three lines long. Thought it was neat but moved
and lost access.
EV> But because I have read BBS Messages (since 1984) about tricks some
EV> people do over the internet I got paranoid, and I try to be "very
EV> very" careful.
Right now, running XP is a giant, screaming, oozing security hole. You're not
being careful in that respect.
As an IT professional, I'm telling you you're asking for it running XP. As a
friend, I'd recommend moving up to Windows 10 when you can (you can still get
it for free).
If you have issues getting W10, let me know and I will send you a legal (but
non-registered) working copy of W10 on a USB stick that you can plug in and
set up on your computer assuming it can run W10 on its hardware. There's a
bunch of silly telemetry stuff that you have to turn off but there's fast and
easy ways to do that.
If you have a legal Windows 7 or 8 key, that will work to register W10 with
the same version of WinX that you are using (Home, Pro, et cetera).
EV> After I turn a MS Windows pc ON I usually don't use it until after
EV> I've updated the Definitions for the 'Watchdog' programs I use on my
EV> pc, i.e.: AntiVirus, Malwarebytes, SuperAntiSpyware, Spybot S&D and
EV> Winpatrol.
If you are using multiple antiviral software packages on your computer, you
are going to have serious issues. Only use one antiviral software; the
spyware stuff may conflict with each other also.
All of that software should automatically update. You should never have to do
that task yourself if the software is configured correctly.
EV> It doesn't take that much time for the Windows pc to do the updates,
EV> and I feel better after I've done the updates, that maybe the
EV> 'baddies' won't get access to my computer (this time).
If you're running a modern version of Windows, have your Windows Firewall
configured correctly as well as your router's firewall, use antiviral/malware
software correctly, and are careful where you go on the Web, you're fine.
All of my Windows machines update automatically with the security software
whenever they're turned on and normally will check every 24 hours for updates
unless the provider pushes out a mandatory update.
EV> I try not to be stupid, just careful.
That tagline wasn't chosen by me, I promise.
Later,
Sean
... When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.
--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20170303
* Origin: Outpost BBS * Limestone, TN, USA (1:18/200)
